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-R. BENEDICT & H". M. SCOTT. BUTTQIN 0R STUD. No. 322,152. 2 Patented July 14, 1885.

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1 ATTORNEYS.

READ BENEDICT, on NEW PATENT OFFICE.

BRIGHTON, Ann HARRY M. mom, or BROOK- LYN, NEW YORK.

BUTTON R s'ruo.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,152, dated July 14, 1885. Application filed April 4, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom, zit/ may concern:

' Be it known that we, READ BENEDICT, of New Brighton, in the county of Richmond "and State of New York, and HARRY M. SCOTT, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Sleeve Button or Stud, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention consists, principally, of a sleeve button or stud having a twisted shank with attached plate, whereby the plate or bot tom may be easily inserted into abutton-hole in a garment.

The invention also consists in forming the button shank and plate together of a single piece of sheet metal bent into form to be soldered or otherwise secured to the bottom or under side of the button proper.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part'of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l'is a bottom View of our new button or stud. Figs. 2 and 3 are side views of the same, Fig. 4 shows the blank for forming the shank and plate in one piece, and Fig. 5 shows a modified form of shank and plate.

The shank a, secured to the top portion, 1), of the button, is formed with a twist, c, that facilitates the passage of the bottom part or plate, d, through a button-hole. Above the twist c the shank is by preference made flat,

as shown at c, to not materially spread the button-hole and to prevent the button from turning in the button'hole, and the plate dis set off the center or stands to one side of the shank below the twist 0, so that the shank will not interfere with the passage of the greater portion of the plate (2 through the button-hole before any portion of the shank reaches or enters the button-hole.

The shank a and plate (1 may be'made of separate parts soldered together, if desired; but we prefer to make them together of a blank or single piece of sheet metal, D, cut with a circular portion, m, narrow portion n, and wider portion 0, which is slotted to form the side pieces, 0 0. The blank D thus cut or stamped out is simply to be bent into form ready to be secured to the button proper, 12- that is, the narrow portion at is first given a one-quarter turn or twist; then the circular portion m is bent at right angles to the narrow portion a; then the parts 0 0 are bent in opposite directions to stand at right angles to the narrow portion 11..

The parts 0 0 are to be soldered or otherwise secured to the under surface of the top portion, 12, of the button, as shown in the drawings; but, if desired, as where the blanks are made of heavy plates of metal and need no bracing, the side pieces, 0' 0, may be omitted, as shown in Fig. 5, the upper edge of the shank being soldered directly to the bottom of the button.

To attach the button-to a garment,the plate d is simply to he slipped through the button-hole and the button turned one-quarter around, and the twist c worked through,

which can be quickly and. easily done without materially spreading or opening the button-hole, or with the fingers. passed through the button-hole,

The twist having been the flat por- 'tion 0 will enter it also without materially spreading the buttonhole, and the sides of the button-hole will come against the sides of the part c and prevent the button from turning, which causes plate d to hold the button securely in place in the button-hole.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A button or stud having a fiat twisted shank with attached bottom plate, (1, substantially as described.

2. The shank a, made fiat and twisted at 0, in combination with the top portion, 1), and bottom plate, 01, offset from the shank, substantially as described.

either with the shank of the button 3. A button provided with the shank a and L plate d, made ot'a single piece of sheet metal, with twist a, substantially as described.

45. A button provided with the shank aand plate d, made of a single piece of sheet metal, with twist 0 above the plate 01, and with the plates 0 0 at the top of the shank, substantially as described.

READ BENEDICT. HARRY M. SCOTT.

Witnesses:

H. A. WEST, O. SEDGWICK. 

